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John Flyers Fan said:I can't see how not making any legitimate offer until January can be perceived as "bargaining in good faith".
The NHL has tried, on numerous occassions, to get the players to start the negotiation process. Since the NHL has determined that cost certainty will be part of their operatitions when they re-open for business, they have been bargaining in good faith in attempting to get the players to discuss the crucial question of negotiating a definition of hockey revenues.
The NHL will make one offer and then cancell the entire season ??? Why not make that same offer in August or September ???
No, they will cancel the season and then put forward the CBA they intend to use if impasse is acheived. Should the players decide to negotiate based on the presented CBA, the league will gladly oblige.
Cancelling the NHL for one or more seasons will cause th edeath of some franchise IMO. People in in certain US markets will realize that they get along just fine without the NHL.
The league put plenty of money aside for just this eventuality. The markets that would struggle post-impasse with replacement players are the same ones that were already in trouble. The league views them as long term propositions and is willing to take short term losses to prop them up.
Thye owners are the ones refusing to negotiate, as they have yet to submit even one single offer that could be used to jump start talks between the two sides.
The owners won't put forward a full offer until the basic tenents of that offer are agreed upon or until they have demonstrated the lengths the players are willing to go to avoid negotiating those tenents.